1 Samuel 17:7 Meaning and Explanation
“And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.”
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Read Full Chapter →Goliath's spear is massive, and a shield-bearer walks ahead of him.
What Does 1 Samuel 17:7 Mean?
The description reaches its climax in the giant's spear: a shaft thick as a weaver's beam and an iron head weighing six hundred shekels. Even his shield is carried by another man who goes before him. He is too heavily armed to bear it all alone.
Here is power that seems to leave no room for hope. Yet the reader who knows the story senses the irony gathering. The man weighed down with iron will be felled by a single smooth stone. God often overturns the proud calculus of the world, choosing the small and the light to bring down what trusts in its own great weight.
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What does 1 Samuel 17:7 mean?
Goliath's spear is massive, and a shield-bearer walks ahead of him.